![Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference on May 4, as the EU Commission recommended to grant Turkish citizens the right to travel to Europe without visas. [AP]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sCuFFthqxzECJzCDrRsTUwksH1SGsdXuf7Vt1J-ZJbwfnISFiYsmCn5_eiG5ikpgVwxKHZe1GXOEuH0TZHm2lrNVzXLjgQOSToHofGFTffOmhYyuriY5kmUpxUBUnig0jNXqzv3irHtRBqsEBZ7m4_rP8ALOOZhQQxqSW38oyTGHV6f0YJfRXkCFB2SG92WhZH2wYJUjMBhA=s0-d)
Cengiz Aktar is a senior scholar at Istanbul Policy Center. As a former director at the United Nations where he spent 22 years of his professional life, Aktar is one of the leading advocates of Turkey's integration into the EU.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/turkey-visa-ordeal-europe-refugee-deal-160509130041018.html
